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This is a five-year cooperative agreement to implement alternative development projects. The project objective is to promote sustainable growth of the licit agricultural economy through the provision of agricultural incentives and economic alternatives in the east as well as the northern and western regions of Afghanistan. It continues USAID’s alternative development efforts by investing in three to four agricultural value chains in each of the regions. In collaboration with national, provincial, and district-level government offices, this project works to increase access to agricultural inputs, strengthen production techniques, augment access to financial services, and improve processing and marketing of agricultural products.
Fact Sheet IDEA-NEW Jun 2011
16 August 2012 | Badghis, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW Karim and Jamil installing re-bar. Karim and Jamil are graduates of the vocational training program organized by USAID’s Incentives Driving Economic...
9 August 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW Women weaving gabion in Pachir Wa Agam district More than two hundred women work in ten gabion weaving centers in Pachir...
5 August 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW BEFORE The Baghcha karez had completely collapsed as a result of periodic floods. Spring water was being absorbed into the ground close to...
15 July 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW A technician hard at work testing food samples The new high-tech food laboratory recently established in Jalalabad is a boon to...
4 April 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID’s assistance enabled ZRM, a local Afghan carpet weaving company, to complete a big order from a Canadian buyer.
16 February 2012 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
For most farmers in Afghanistan, cash crops do not yield a high cash return, a problem compounded by the USAID/IDEA NEW ...
18 December 2011 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
New roads often allow farmers to use vehicles in places previously only accessible by donkey. Produce arrives to the market in good shape, allowing farmers to sell it for a good price.
3 October 2011 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW A truck crosses the Mamand Bridge. After a strict ban on poppy cultivation was imposed, farmers in the Spinghar District of...
22 June 2011
USAID/IDEA-NEW Farmers on a commercial production farm. Vegetables are grown across Afghanistan’s eastern region and provide a good reliable source of income for...
10 May 2010 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
For the last decade, talc miners and traders have operated individually in the sector resulting in less productivity and lower revenues. The lack of coordination...
31 October 2010 | Tahkar, Badakhshan, Afghanistan
USAID is helping Afghan farmers ensure that this season’s harvest is exceptionally abundant. Thanks to training provided by USAID’s Incentives Driving Economic Alternatives – North,...
15 March 2010 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Reforestation improves the environment and provides healthier spaces for Afghan citizens. USAID is helping to reforest the country with a variety of trees, including fruit...
31 January 2010 | Puli Khumri, Afghanistan
In Puli Khumri in Baghlan province, USAID recently held a training program to teach 120 local women to weave gabion baskets. Gabion baskets are made...
15 October 2009 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
The U.S. Government is committed to creating economic opportunities for women, and building their skills so that they can support themselves and their families. Over...
15 September 2009 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
In The News
19 December 2012 | Badghis, Afghanistan
USAID's IDEA-NEW The opening of a fruit and vegetable wholesale market in Qala-e-Naw Yesterday Badghis Provincial Governor, Mohammad Tahir Sabari,...
26 November 2012 | Badakhshan, Afghanistan
USAID / IDEA-NEW Inauguration and Handover Ceremony of Sakha Canal USAID hosted a ceremony marking the completion of the Sakha Canal rehabilitation in...
26 June 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW USAID funded the reconstruction of a 10-km long Kushkak Canal at Surkhrod district, Nangarhar At today’s ribbon-cutting ceremony, Nangarhar Deputy Provincial...
9 April 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW Anisa Imran, Director of Nangarhar's Department of Women's Affairs hands out an award to a graduate of USAID-funded Business Training Course in Eastern...
29 March 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
U.S. Embassy Kabul Ready for Export: produce packaged at the Surkhrod Packing Facility The Surkhrod Packing facility, established and run by...
15 January 2012 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW Nangarhar Deputy Governor Mohammad Hanif Gardiwal opened USAID-funded Textile Exhibit in Jalalabad today. Textile factories from Nangarhar showcased their homemade...
4 October 2011 | Nangarhar, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW A participant of the training receives her certificate. At yesterday’s ceremony in Jalalabad, two hundred young women received certificates after completing...
21 September 2011 | Laghman, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW The Chairman of the Qarghaee's shura, established by USAID's Afghanistan Social Outreach Program (ASOP), talking to the media about the impact of the...
18 September 2011 | Jalalabad, Afghanistan
USAID/IDEA-NEW The new food testing laboratory in Jalalabad. A cutting-edge food-testing laboratory, the second of its kind in Afghanistan, was inaugurated...
17 July 2011 | Mehtarlam, Laghman
USAID/IDEA-NEW The Laghman Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market, built with support from USAID, opened today in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital...
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